around unemployment benefits, but there was always a way found it was probably a bridge too far for john boehner given that he does cut a deal with the democrats on the budget at large and so something us had to be given up. senatoring on fox news, rand paul said long-term jobless benefits can create a group of perpetually unemployed people. >> i do support unemployment benefits for the 26 weeks they're paid for. if you extend it beyond that, you do a disservice to these workers. there was a study that came out a few weeks ago that said if you have a worker that is been unemployed for four weeks and one that is on 99 weeks, which would you hire? every employer, nearly 100%, said it will always hire the person has been out of work for weeks. when you allow people to be on unemployment insurance for 99 weeks, you're causing them to become part of this perpetual unemployed group in our economy. it seems -- while good, it actually does a disservice to the people you're trying to help. >> imara jones, respond. >> that is just not true. a study says unemployment benefits actually had very little impac